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was i-ounly f«)nrt ciiTk wa» a Pennsylvania stale ISJUJ he was revenue In

the tliird judicial district. In lSll|-(t,'{ ami in 18ii.> (i7 he was a repre^^•ntative from Pennsylvania to the thirty-

seventh and thirty-ninth eonj;re-.ses as a piililiean.

He

died .Ian. 2U, 18(>7, in

re-

Wash-

ington, J).C

Johnson, Philip Carrigan, naval ofllcer. was l»orii Nov. 21. 1S27, in Maine, lie served as eliief si^ial uHicer of the navy; and in IS.K4 wa"» pmnioted to the rank ot eoinniodore and placed in command of Portsmoiitli

was promoted to He died .fan. 2S.

iu»vy-yard. Me •niral" in ISS7.

twellty-thinl and twenty fourth eimIn I8:l7 41 he was vicc-presid«Mil the I'niled States chosen hy the >«-nate. He died on Nov. 1!», 1850. in Frankfort, Ky. Johnson, Richard M., Kvturer. author, was horn in 1822. He was a famou- l«fHe lurer aiul novelist of Baltimore, .Md. was the author of Two (Jray Tourists; Studies, Lit««rary and Social; The Prinu'S

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gresses. iif.

Neighhors; and English Classic-*, 'I heir u Historical Sketch. He di»-.

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appointed torney.

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was

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at-

1S17

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moved to Baltimore; and in 1K20 27 edited several

reports of the .Maryland court of apIn 1S2I-27 was mi'mlH^r a of t h e .Maryland -.tate senate; in iS4r>-4!) and IS)).*!i!S iie wjis a nn-mlx-r of the I'nited ."states M-nate from .Maryland: an«l in IK45>-.'>U was
 * >ppointed at toriH-y general. In I8r»| he wa^
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dclfgate to the peace convention; and wa.s p«-a!s.

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was

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the stale legislature. minister of Kiighuid.

Annapolis. Md. Johnson, Richard Mentor, ninth vice-pres-

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man.

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nited Slates, soldier, congressI'nited .^tali-s senator, was lM»rn Hcl. 17, 1781, nt Hryant's Station. Ky. IN- atIctidcd the Tr.insyl. vania university; then

of tlic

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s(iir|icf the Kentucky IigiNlat ure. Hp

served in the war of 8 2 as colonel of vo|1

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liom

Kentucky.

rs. In 1820 2!» he was a niemlier r»f I nifcd Slates senate lie great Iv distinguished

himself at the haltl" of the Thames, ami the eliief. 'lecumseh. is >ai and 182!I-:J7 he was a repr»'s«>ntative from Kentm-ky to the tenth, eleventh, twelfth. Iliirteenth, fourleenth. twentv-lirst, twenty.

WAS

18'>.»

appointed

lie

first

the in lieutenant Tnited States army; and suhse<|Uently promoted to ujajorgen-

meritorious for the serviws during civil war; and wa* active from retired s«>rvice in 1807 on acr«Mint of wounds received during the civil «ar. In 1881 he was democratic candidate lor governor of Minnesota, in which state he resi<|i'd at St. Paul until his death in 181)7. He was the author of A Life of .Major-(!eneral (Jeorge H. Thomas; and Reminiscences of a Soldier in Peace anti NNar. eral

He died April 21. I81>7. in St. Paul, Minn. Johnson, Robert, colonial g«»vernor, was Ih- was colonial governor of horn in l(i82. In South Carolina in 1719 and 17.'t(l-.'l.'>. I7:H he matle a treaty with tlu- (.'herokees. I7.t.'>, "in Charleston, S.C. lie di< il May Johnson, Robert Underwood, journalist, poet,


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In 1873 he lK>came eonI).C. with the editorial stalf of the CenScrihner'n calhil then .Magazine, liirv Monthly. In 1881 he became associate editor of that magjizine; and during 188:i-8!»

Washington. uccIihI

was associate editor of the Century War Papers, which were afterward puhlished in four volumes «>ntitlpd Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. He conceived the movement resulting in the creation of the Vosomite

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He is Home and Other

national park.

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the author r.f The INhmus; ami S«»ugs

l,il>erty.

Johnson, Robert Ward, lawyer, congrc8»-

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senator, diplomat, in. napolis. Md.

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Slahs senator, was

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He reuKtvi"*! t<» Pine Kentucky. and practiced law. In 1847representative from Arkansas lie to Hh- thirtieth, thirty-lirst and thirty-M-eond j'ongresses; and in |8.»:Mil he was He died in 1870 in niled States senator. 1814

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llliiir^. Ark. Johnson, Rossiter, author, poet, was born He has 27. 1841), in Rochester. .Y. •'dilcd Appleton's .Annual Cyclopanlia since

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